God's love changes us!

God's love changes prodigal sons/daughters into precious saints!

With a thankful and grateful heart praising God for the day He chose me....

If He had not found me I would be so...lost!

Let's praise Abba Father for sending His only begotten son to die for us so that we may live

Let's praise our Savior for choosing us and calling us His own

Let's thank God for the Holy Spirit, Who lives in us and leads and guides us!

We may not look perfect today but God's working in each of us so that day we see Him we will be like Him.

Let God have His way and will in our lives!

Be Blessed!

YSIC

Julia

Pray for Israel daily

Genesis 12:3
3 I will bless those who bless you,
and whoever curses you I will curse;
and all peoples on earth
will be blessed through you."

Psalm 122 (King James Version)

Psalm 122
1I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of the LORD.

2Our feet shall stand within thy gates, O Jerusalem.

3Jerusalem is builded as a city that is compact together:

4Whither the tribes go up, the tribes of the LORD, unto the testimony of Israel, to give thanks unto the name of the LORD.

5For there are set thrones of judgment, the thrones of the house of David.

6Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee.

7Peace be within thy walls, and prosperity within thy palaces.

8For my brethren and companions' sakes, I will now say, Peace be within thee.

9Because of the house of the LORD our God I will seek thy good

Bring in the sick, lost, hopless....

Hi...

Greetings...

Our Lord came to seek and save the lost.

Luke 19:10 For the Son of Man came to seek and to save what was lost.

Mark 2: 15 While Jesus was having dinner at Levi's house, many tax collectors and "sinners" were eating with him and his disciples, for there were many who followed him. 16When the teachers of the law who were Pharisees saw him eating with the "sinners" and tax collectors, they asked his disciples: "Why does he eat with tax collectors and 'sinners'?"

The self righteous Pharisees were  not happy to Jesus eat with sinners. But Jesus loved them and knew they needed Him the most.

Mark 2:17 On hearing this, Jesus said to them, "It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners."

Are we turning our face away from people who we think are not of our kind? They are the ones who need to see Christ's love in us and through us.

Our Lord wants to see many souls won for the Kingdom.

God. He came to save them.

Luke 5: 32 I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance."

Luke 14:23 "Then the master told his servant, 'Go out to the roads and country lanes and make them come in, so that my house will be full.

That's why the Lord wanted us to go into the world a preach the Gospel.
There are millions who need to know about our Lord and His salvation plan.

The Lord chose us and now has a mission for us.

Isaiah 42:6 "I, the LORD, have called you in righteousness;
       I will take hold of your hand.I will keep you and will make you to be a covenant for the people
       and a light for the Gentiles, 

7 to open eyes that are blind,
       to free captives from prison
       and to release from the dungeon those who sit in darkness.
Christ's mission on earth was this and now God wants us to be imitators of Christ. We are blessed to fulfil God's mission.

We need to seek Christ's Righteousness to be imitators of Him.

Matthew 6:33 But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.
Let's reflect Christ. Let His love rule and reign in us.

2 Corinthians 4:6 For God, who said, "Let light shine out of darkness," made his light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ.

Let's go to the struggling, the lost, the wandering, the hopeless, the sick, the lost, the backslidden, with the Word of Life and Hope.

Stay blessed...

YSIC

Julia

Too busy for our Lord Jesus?

Hi..

Let's continue to faithfully serve God.

Malachi 3:18 And you will again see the distinction between the righteous and the wicked, between those who serve God and those who do not.We cannot serve 2 masters. Let's give our Lord the 1st place in our lives.

Matthew 6:24 "No one can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and Money."

Let's not get too busy doing other things that we forget our 'Great Commission'

Be blessed...

YSIC,

Julie

Too Busy for Jesus?
The dream became clearer as I tossed around in my sleep .
The Lord was calling my name over and over,  so loud and deep.
The voice surrounded my bedroom, I stared within.
He said, "This is Jesus, my friend, where have you been?"
He said, "My dear child, what have you done today, to walk in my footsteps and try not to stray?
Not once have you been humble on your knees in prayer. Child, you must shine my light and show others you care."

I saw you yesterday, only glancing at the man on the road.
He was having car trouble and needed to be towed .
You said, "I can't stop or I will surely be late,
someone will help him soon, he'll just have to wait."

"One of your workers has been sick and almost died.
This lady is a widow and food for five she must buy.You have plenty and you're never hungry when you go to bed.
Why are you so greedy and trying to get ahead?

"What if I had been too busy to die on the cross?
You would never walk the streets of gold, your soul would be lost.
What if I had been too busy to hear you that day,
when you asked forgiveness and earnestlprayed?"

I awoke from my deep slumber and my heart felt content.
I thanked the Lord on my knees, for the message He had sent.
So many times, I take for granted the small things He has given to me.
Without the Lord in my life each day, I am blind and cannot see.
~Unknown~

Matthew 25:40 "The King will reply, 'I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me.'
Matthew 25:45 "He will reply, 'I tell you the truth, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for me.'

Treasure your quiet moments with God.

Praise God!
Psalm 119: 145 I call with all my heart; answer me, O LORD,
and I will obey your decrees.
146 I call out to you; save me
and I will keep your statutes.
147 I rise before dawn and cry for help;
I have put my hope in your word.
148 My eyes stay open through the watches of the night,
that I may meditate on your promises.
We need to treasure our daily quiet times with our Lord.
When we want to take time to be alone with God, we need to shut out the world, turn off things that disturb us (like the telephone/mobile) & take our Bible & go to our Saviour's feet.
Then it's just The Lord and me...
We can praise Him, worship Him, thank Him, talk to Him, Cry to Him.
We can play some worship songs & sing along..
We can read His Word, Meditate on it.
We can pray and sing the scriptures..
May be it's just a few verses we read but let's see, wait and hear what the Lord's telling us.
Psalm119: 105 Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light for my path.
106 I have taken an oath and confirmed it,
that I will follow your righteous laws.
We need to hide God's Word in our hearts.
Psalm119: 9 How can a young man keep his way pure?
By living according to your word.
10 I seek you with all my heart;
do not let me stray from your commands.
11 I have hidden your word in my heart
that I might not sin against you.
Let's take out time to read HIS WORD every day.
We can talk to Our Heavenly Father freely as a child.
He's never too busy when we need to talk to HIM...In fact He loves to fellowship with me...
We can pour out our heart to Him...
Cry out to Him....He doesn't mind it.
We can share all that's in our heart to Him..
He doesn't miss a tear or a sigh...nothing goes unnoticed...
For He's loves us with an everlasting love.
We also need to wait quietly to hear Him speak......
There are days I don't say a word..when I'm in HIS Presence...but my silence & my tears too do speak to HIM...
No one can love us as He does...
He gave us His all and HE gave us HIS best.
JESUS died and rose again so that we may live eternally, with HIM in Heaven.
So let's desire to give HIM our best time, our quality time to Him...
Try not to compromise on these quiet times with God.....
There are also days i miss out on these quite times..but My Lord still loves me...& waits for me.
Daniel was a busy man but seen that 3 times a day he was on his knees in God's presence.
Daniel 5:10 Now when Daniel learned that the decree had been published, he went home to his upstairs room where the windows opened toward Jerusalem. Three times a day he got down on his knees and prayed, giving thanks to his God, just as he had done before.
Nothing made Daniel compromise on his time with God, not even a threat to his life!!! Let's take time daily to spend some time at our Savior's feet.
I've seen friends who work & go to school take the Bible & go out to some quite place during lunch break or tea break to spend some moment alone with God.
Steal moments here & there to be alone with God..
Sometimes even when we are at a crowded place like a bus we can shut off all that's around be able to feel His presence around, talk to Him and hear His voice.

Let's not miss out on our quiet times with God ..let's treasure these moments.
In HIS presence we are renewed & refreshed.
YSIC
Julia

Being a good Samaritan

Hi.......
Have you ever come across people who think they are very "Holy" and feel they will lose their holiness if they stopped by to shake hands
with you or talk to you?
In their eyes you may not look important,
so they will walk past you as if they never knew you.
But thank God for Jesus Christ our Lord, He loves us all the same!
The Samaritans were people living in Samaria, who felt they were descendants of the tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh (Joseph's sons).
But the Jewish view was they were descendants of foreign captives brought from places like Babylon etc, and settled in Samaria by the King of Assyria.
2 Kings 17:24 Samaria Resettled "24 The king of Assyria brought people from Babylon, Cuthah, Avva, Hamath and Sepharvaim and settled them in the towns of Samaria to replace the Israelites. They took over Samaria and lived in its towns."
Though the Samaritans were despised, we see our Lord Jesus reach out to the Samaritan woman.
John 4:7 When a Samaritan woman came to draw water, Jesus said to her, "Will you give me a drink?" 8(His disciples had gone into the town to buy food.) 9The Samaritan woman said to him, "You are a Jew and I am a Samaritan woman. How can you ask me for a drink?"

She was surprised because no respectable Jewish man would stop by to talk to Samaritan woman like her who lived in sin. But Jesus Christ our Lord did stop by. The good news is for all men/women. Jesus came to save the lost and He crossed all barriers to share His love and the gospel. We have to be Imitators of Christ.
Galatians 5: 1Be imitators of God, therefore, as dearly loved children 2and live a life of love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.
In Luke 10 Jesus tells the parable of the Good Samaritan, when a Lawyer wanted to know who will inherit the Kingdom of God.
Luke 10: 25

On one occasion an expert in the law stood up to test Jesus. "Teacher," he asked, "what must I do to inherit eternal life?" 26"What is written in the Law?" he replied. "How do you read it?" 27 He answered: " 'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind'; and, 'Love your neighbor as yourself." 28 "You have answered correctly," Jesus replied. "Do this and you will live." 29But he wanted to justify himself, so he asked Jesus, "And who is my neighbor?" 30 In reply Jesus said: "A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, when he fell into the hands of robbers. They stripped him of his clothes, beat him and went away, leaving him half dead. 31A priest happened to be going down the same road, and when he saw the man, he passed by on the other side. 32So too, a Levite, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side. 33But a Samaritan, as he traveled, came where the man was; and when he saw him, he took pity on him. 34He went to him and bandaged his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. Then he put the man on his own donkey, took him to an inn and took care of him. 35The next day he took out two silver coinsand gave them to the innkeeper. 'Look after him,' he said, 'and when I return, I will reimburse you for any extra expense you may have.' 36"Which of these three do you think was a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of robbers?" 37The expert in the law replied, "The one who had mercy on him." Jesus told him, "Go and do likewise."

Here the priest avoided the wounded man, the Levite did not want to help but the Samaritan treated him with love. Let us not look down on a fellow pilgrim, pass by a struggling believer, avoid the fallen, thinking, "I'm holier than you, I can't touch you."
(1 Corinthians 13: 1-13)
Let the love of Christ always rule and reign in our hearts. 
Julia

Value vital relationships

Hi...

Relationships are so...important. We need to walk an extra mile to build strong, lasting relationships with people in our life and people who we interact with on daily basis. Today we'll take time to appreciate our parents. ~Parents aren't around forever~ The Bible warns children will be disobedient to parents in the last days.
2 Timothy 3:2 People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy,
But still God's word teaches us to 'obey our parents in the Lord.'
Ephesians 6:1 Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. Matthew 19:19 Jesus replied, " 'Do not murder, do not commit adultery, do not steal, do not give false testimony, honor your father and mother,' and 'love your neighbor as yourself.'" Ephesians 6:2 "Honor your father and mother"—which is the first commandment with a promise— Exodus 20:12 "Honor your father and your mother, so that you may live long in the land the LORD your God is giving you.
Some of you may have bad memories but still it's time to forgive, forget and move on.
If our parents are there, let's take time today to love, appreciate, forgive them if they have hurt us and ask for forgiveness if we have hurt them
We need to treasure them while they are!
Let's not return their love with cold indifference.
Let's wipe their tears, see their sigh, meet their needs, show them we love and care for them, when they are with us.
What use will it be if after they take their last breath, we shed tears, speak volumes appreciating them ...they can't see or hear what we do & say...
Today when they are with us, let's treasure them & give them our best.
It's time to reach out to them & tell them we love them & show them we care.
Maybe some of you have painful memories of childhood. But it's time to reach out in love & let go of all negative feelings. You need to forgive and forget the past and love your parents for that's what God expects you to do.
My dad passed away in 2002. My mom lives in Coonoor (near Ooty) the least I can do now is call her once daily and talk to her. She feels so...happy to talk.
The 1st question I ask her is, "Amma how are you..?"
I do miss seeing her, but blessed to talk to her daily...!!
Thank God for mobiles, telephone and Internet too!!
Parents are God's gift to us...

Be blessed..

YSIC

Julia

Dare to be a Daniel....

  Hi...
Greetings from India.
I really look up to Daniel for his courage and his bold stand for righteousness.
The BIBLE says he choose not to defile himself!
That too as a young boy he makes that choice!
Daniel 1:8 "But Daniel resolved not to defile himself with the royal food and wine, and he asked the chief official for permission not to defile himself this way."
1 Thessalonians 5: 21-23, "Test everything. Hold on to what is good. Avoid every kind of evil, May your whole Spirit, Soul and Body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ"Do not compromise, dare to be like Daniel, who chose not to defile himself and though he lived among people who did not honor God, he still chose to obey God.
Let's flee temptation like Joseph did.
Joseph found favor in Potipar's eyes and made him in charge of his house and all that he owned. 
Genesis 39:2 The LORD was with Joseph and he prospered, and he lived in the house of his Egyptian master. 3 When his master saw that the LORD was with him and that the LORD gave him success in everything he did, 4 Joseph found favor in his eyes and became his attendant. Potiphar put him in charge of his household, and he entrusted to his care everything he owned. 5 From the time he put him in charge of his household and of all that he owned, the LORD blessed the household of the Egyptian because of Joseph. The blessing of the LORD was on everything Potiphar had, both in the house and in the field. 6 So he left in Joseph's care everything he had; with Joseph in charge, he did not concern himself with anything except the food he ate.
      Now Joseph was well-built and handsome, 7 and after a while his master's wife took notice of Joseph and said, "Come to bed with me!"
 8 But he refused. "With me in charge," he told her, "my master does not concern himself with anything in the house; everything he owns he has entrusted to my care. 9 No one is greater in this house than I am. My master has withheld nothing from me except you, because you are his wife. How then could I do such a wicked thing and sin against God?"

10 And though she spoke to Joseph day after day, he refused to go to bed with her or even be with her.

 11 One day he went into the house to attend to his duties, and none of the household servants was inside. 12 She caught him by his cloak and said, "Come to bed with me!" But he left his cloak in her hand and ran out of the house.

Let's be careful who we walk and fellowship with.
Let's not let unbelieving friends lead us away from the Lord and cause our faith to waver.
1 COR 15:33 " Bad company corrupts good character"
After we come to he Lord, we still  face temptations but with God's help we can overcome it!! And when we fall we need to cry out to God and ask Him to lift us up!! We will be surrounded by sin and will face temptations as long as we walk on this earth and cannot avoid every kind of evil because we live in a sinful world.  But we can make sure that we don't give evil a foothold by avoiding and resisting sinful situations and choosing to obey God.  
2 Tim 2: 22,23 " Flee youthful desires of youth and pursue righteousness, faith, love, peace....Do not have anything to do with foolish and stupid arguments because you know they produce quarrels....."
Sometimes like Daniel God strategically places us in a hostile camp. This is because we learn valuable lessons and truths we do not learn anywhere else.
We sometimes need to go to the enemy's camp to get back what he stole from us..
And we sometimes may find ourselves in a situation like Daniel was ..'in  a Lion's den' surrounded by hungry lions (trials)out to devour us.

What do we do??
Just sing praises to God, worship Him, pray, hold on.
How long can the enemy scare us by his lies and tricks??
He's a sore looser!!
Resist the enemy and he will flee.
The one who lives in us IS MUCH GREATER THAN THE ENEMY!
Dare to BE A DANIEL!!
Let's choose not to defile ourselves,
Let's be BOLD and COURAGEOUS and PATIENT when we face trials.
Through trials we are perfected.
James 1: 10 Brothers, as an example of patience in the face of suffering, take the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord. 11As you know, we consider blessed those who have persevered. You have heard of Job's perseverance and have seen what the Lord finally brought about. The Lord is full of compassion and mercy.Malachi 3: 2 But who can endure the day of his coming? Who can stand when he appears? For he will be like a refiners fire or a launderer's soap. 3 He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver; he will purify the Levites and refine them like gold and silver. Then the LORD will have men who will bring offerings in righteousness,Let's pray like Daniel, he diligently prayed 3 times a day. Though there was a threat to his life he did not fear and quit praying.
Daniel 6:10 Now when Daniel learned that the decree had been published, he went home to his upstairs room where the windows opened toward Jerusalem. Three times a day he got down on his knees and prayed, giving thanks to his God, just as he had done before.
We too are not quitters because quitters never win and winners never quit.
PRAISE GOD!
Good Night.
YSIC,
Julia

Appreciating, Encouraging and Uplifting Others

Hi... Greetings from India. Words of appreciation, love, compliments, encouragement cost us nothing to give but sure is priceless to receive. Romans 12:8 If it is encouraging, let him encourage; if it is contributing to the needs of others, let him give generously; if it is leadership, let him govern diligently; if it is showing mercy, let him do it cheerfully. 1 Thessalonians 5:11 Therefore encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing. "Family, Friends and loved ones... They fight about the smallest things when together But miss the smallest things when apart...." We need to appreciate and treasure the people in our life. We got to learn to see the good in people around us and compliment them! Every individual has some 'good' in them. Let's speak words of love to people we love. We need to tell our spouse, kids, parents and loved ones how much they mean to us. If we can't speak words of love, let our actions show. Let's hug them more often and through our small deeds show them how much we care. We can send them notes to say how special they are to us. Let's take time for people we love and care. We need to treasure valuable friendships. True friends can be such a blessing. Friends, brothers and sisters in Christ are added bonus to us. They will pray for us and with us, encourage us and help us in our spiritual walk as we tread this narrow path together. Today can we take time to appreciate our loved ones? There are some people in our lives who bless us so much, I'm sure we can take a moment to thank them today. Employers need to compliment their employees even for a small achievement. This will motivate them to work better!! God Bless each of you.... JESUS LOVES YOU SO.....MUCH!!! YSIC, Julia Encouraging & Uplifting Others Sometimes our light goes out but is blown into flame by another human being. Each of us owes deepest thanks to those who rekindled this light. --Albert Schweitzer Why are other people here? Why are we not alone in this world? Even though we sometimes may feel lonely and isolated, the fact is that there are many, many other people with us on this planet who have the ability--and desire--to see us do well, to succeed, to be the best people we can be. These are the people who try to encourage us when we're down, who try to build us up when things aren't going well, who try to help us to keep our flames burning bright even in the darkest hours. Albert says that we owe our "deepest thanks" to these people, and I agree with him. I know that in my life, there have been plenty of times when an encouraging and uplifting word from someone who cared has made a huge difference in how I saw life at a given time. Instead of going deeper into despair or hopelessness or even depression, these people have given me a spark that has allowed me to rekindle the flame of hope, to relight my own light that had been growing steadily dimmer. If we acknowledge our debt to these people--no matter who they are and no matter how small their contribution to our life might seem--we start to see the importance of their actions in our lives. And then we have to ask ourselves if we can pass on their kindnesses, if we can provide that kind of spark to someone else who's in need. I know that doing this will be the greatest way possible to repay these people and their kindnesses, and I know that they would feel tremendously gratified to know that their positive contribution to my life led to my positive contributions to the lives of others. I often think of how others have encouraged me when I try to encourage others. I try to remember how I felt when I needed encouragement when I try to recognize just who could use some encouragement. My deepest thanks go out to the people who have taught me such an important lesson, and my hope is that I can repay them by passing on their teachings. ~ Living Life Fully ~ Posted by: LINELLA BRECKENRIDGE

Secret Sins and Playing with Sin

Hi family and friends...

I listened to this sermon on You Tube titled, "PLAYING WITH SIN" and that lead me to write this blog.

You can listen to it by clicking on this link below.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9tzKvTvaLY

Jesus died so that we may walk free from sin.

He broke the hold of sin on us but when we start compromising with the patterns of this world we end up straying away from the 'narrow path' that leads to Heaven. We end up yielding to temptations.

This day if the Holy Spirit convicts us of any secret sin as we listen to that sermon, let's repent and turn from our wicked ways.

The Bible says we are to be Imitators of Christ.

EPHESIANS 5: 1 Be imitators of God, therefore, as dearly loved children 2and live a life of love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.

After we know the Lord JESUS (YESHUA) as our personal Savior we cannot play around with secret sin.
HE IS A HOLY GOD.
Let us not take HIS HOLINESS for granted.
We can hide from the people around our lustful thoughts and sinful activities but God sees it all.
The Bible warns in ~
HEBREWS 10:26 "If we deliberately keep on sinning after we have received the knowledge of the truth, no sacrifice for sins is left,

 27 but only a fearful expectation of judgment and of raging fire that will consume the enemies of God.

28 Anyone who rejected the law of Moses died without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses.

29 How much more severely do you think a man deserves to be punished who has trampled the Son of God under foot, who has treated as an unholy thing the blood of the covenant that sanctified him, and who has insulted the Spirit of grace?

30 For we know him who said, "It is mine to avenge; I will repay," and again, "The Lord will judge his people."

 31 It is a dreadful thing to fall into the hands of the living God."

Let's rise up and live a life to please our Savior. Let's draw near to God, encourage one another, meet together for fellowship and break bread together.

HEBREWS 10:19 "Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the Most Holy Place by the blood of Jesus, 20by a new and living way opened for us through the curtain, that is, his body,

21and since we have a great priest over the house of God,

22 let us draw near to God with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and having our bodies washed with pure water.

23 Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful.

24 And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds.

25 Let us not give up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but let us encourage one another—and all the more as you see the Day approaching."

Also

1 Thessalonians 5:10 "He died for us so that, whether we are awake or asleep, we may live together with him. 11Therefore encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing. If we have gone to sleep in our Spiritual lives, let's rise up!! We were once in darkness and Christ delivered us from there and brought us to the "light". Let's not go back to our old neighbourhood.

EPHESIANS 5: 8 For you were once darkness,

but now you are light in the Lord.

Live as children of light

9(for the fruit of the light consists in all goodness, righteousness and truth)

10and find out what pleases the Lord.

11Have nothing to do with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them.

12For it is shameful even to mention what the disobedient do in secret.

13But everything exposed by the light becomes visible,

14for it is light that makes everything visible. This is why it is said:
   "Wake up, O sleeper,
      rise from the dead,
   and Christ will shine on you."

 15 Be very careful, then, how you live—not as unwise but as wise,

16making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil.

 17Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the Lord's will is.

18 Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to debauchery. Instead, be filled with the Spirit. 19 Speak to one another with psalms, hymns and spiritual songs. Sing and make music in your heart to the Lord,

20 always giving thanks to God the Father for everything, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.

The Lord's in the process of refining the "Body of Christ". Let's yield to the Master Potters hand. Let Him mould us and make us into a vessel of His choice.

1 Thessalonians 5: 23 May God himself, the God of peace, sanctify you through and through. May your whole spirit, soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

24The one who calls you is faithful and he will do it.

Let Him take away things that are not from HIM from our lives. Let Him take away friendships that lead us away from the Lord.

It's time we took a HOLY, UNCOMPROMISING STAND FOR JESUS.

We can't serve 2 masters at the same time.

Matthew 6:24  "No one can serve two masters.

We cannot hide anything from God. Every secret thought and deed are recorded.

Ecclesiastes 12:14

For God will bring every deed into judgment,
       including every hidden thing,
       whether it is good or evil.

Revelation 20:13b..

'and each person was judged according to what he had done.

Revelation 2:23 I will strike her children dead. Then all the churches will know that I am he who searches hearts and minds, and I will repay each of you according to your deeds. 

Every word, even words carelessly spoken are recorded.

Matthew 12:36 But I tell you that men will have to give account on the day of judgment for every careless word they have spoken. 37For by your words you will be acquitted, and by your words you will be condemned."

We need to keep a clear conscience before God and man.

Acts 24:16, So I strive always to keep my conscience clear before God and man.

Is are conscience clear before God and man. How often we try to hide our secret activities from the eyes of our family and friend. But let's remember we can hide NOTHING FROM GOD!!

One day the "Light" will expose it all!!

Let our lives be transparent before God and people we love and care.

Let's check our lives in Lord's light and repent of anything that's not from God.

The Blood of Jesus will wash and cleanse us one more time...

It's time to let go of things that weigh us down and move on.

Be Blessed...

Love and prayers,

YSIC,

Julie